 | Thomas Ratcliffe (Primitive Methodist minister.) - 1865 - 130 ページ
...season, an embodiment of neatness. She much admired the following sentiments : — " God might have bid the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all. We might have had enough — enough For every want of ours, —... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 ページ
...lightning's flash, God directs it where to fall ; Do not fear the thunder's crash, THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for...oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours ; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have... | |
 | 1867 - 176 ページ
...But it is not quite a Nightingale's " And so away she flew. THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small,...The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at ail. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil And yet... | |
 | 1867 - 370 ページ
...myself with nature wed, — . A holy mystery, — % THE USE OF FLOWERS. MARY HOWITT. GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, \Vithout a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1868 - 224 ページ
...from oth'er flowers, if we will learn to be fond of them and stud'y them. 8. " God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small,...oak-tree and the cedar-tree, With-out a flower at all. We might have had enough, — enough For every want of ours, For lux'u-ry, med'i-cine, and toil, And... | |
 | 1869 - 182 ページ
...wreath was won Of the heather-bells crowning the far-off hills ! LA TWAMLEY. THE USE OF FLOWERS. j|OD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree, and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all. He might have made enough, enough, For every... | |
 | Julia Hatfield - 1870 - 256 ページ
...things we can as yet find no use for them. We can live and die without them. , " God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small,...oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all ; We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 ページ
...will be fun When to-morrow's work is done ! * The fabulous goddess of flowers. E THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 ページ
...will be fun When to-morrow's work is done ! * The fabulous goddess of flowers. I THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want... | |
 | Hymns - 1871 - 330 ページ
...long live he ; And, when he next doth ride abroad, May we be there to see. Couper. THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for...oak-tree, and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. We might have had enough — enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet... | |
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FLOWERS. God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers.... 
